awm@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk (Aled Morris) (11/23/88)
Someone on this list recently asked about Minix support for some kind of PC mouse. Before everyone rushes out to implement their own interface, wouldn't it be good to establish some kind of standard interface for this (and other?) devices? For mice, I propose a character special file /dev/mouse from which mouse movements can be read. The exact format of the data I leave open to discussion. Doing things by design means that programs will be portable between the various PC hardware configurations and the Atari ST too! Aled Morris systems programmer mail: awm@doc.ic.ac.uk | Department of Computing uucp: ..!ukc!icdoc!awm | Imperial College talk: 01-589-5111x5085 | 180 Queens Gate, London SW7 2BZ